tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post6122931279337382316..comments2024-01-24T01:28:07.616-08:00Comments on what was the middle thing?: Getting started with Beachcomberrobert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-86607049905443698062016-03-29T01:52:09.460-07:002016-03-29T01:52:09.460-07:00Hello Gabriel, thank you for your interest in our ...Hello Gabriel, thank you for your interest in our old boat. I don't know if you have had time to read some of the more recent posts on Beachcomber, but I have tried to address some of your questions in these, including some technical drawings of her. I have put a list of major post labels near the top of the page in the right hand margin of this blog so that topic-specific searches can be done more easily. Beachcomber has its own heading there, and selecting it will show the seventeen posts on the boat that I have done to this point in time.<br />I'd love to be able to name the designer, and there are a couple of local theories about this...but I keep an open mind until I can find evidence to back a theory. To find specifics like that about a remote area of this colony (as it was then) in the 1860's is not easy! In any case, she is fairly unique, and not exactly of any type that I can find.<br />Thanks again for your interest, and I hope you find what you seek here.<br />Robrobert.ditterichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-67185199923395619572016-03-23T17:28:29.316-07:002016-03-23T17:28:29.316-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595168605924260420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-9380164571032451882016-03-23T16:38:31.296-07:002016-03-23T16:38:31.296-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595168605924260420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-12947029463914392982015-06-14T07:08:47.208-07:002015-06-14T07:08:47.208-07:00only if you let them.....to be honest, just riggin...only if you let them.....to be honest, just rigging arwen or having a sail in her chills me out so much........that I am content just to wait..........glad you are enjoying yourself and finding peace<br />steve stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932550661580632605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-22245130546138435012015-06-13T23:26:24.959-07:002015-06-13T23:26:24.959-07:00Cheers Steve- encouraging as usual! I just can'...Cheers Steve- encouraging as usual! I just can't believe how fortunate I am to be living so close to beautiful water after so many years of having to drive to it. This is a lovely place and Beachcomber is a part of its history. Annie, our Navigator, is a much faster and more exhilarating boat to sail, but this one is a quiet joy, even just under motor, and living on the lakes seems to offer many moments of just quietly pottering about exploring and looking at the wildlife. It will get busy here in the summer holidays, but it is too far from most of the population to worry us unduly most of the year. I note your frustrations at the ramp in a recent post- I hope you can find some space too. Inconsiderate people in a hurry can spoil a lovely day on the water so easily.robert.ditterichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-46856511660704397602015-06-13T12:19:33.844-07:002015-06-13T12:19:33.844-07:00Rob, such a beautiful boat and such a responsibili...Rob, such a beautiful boat and such a responsibility to restore. You are the perfect person for the job<br />Steve<br />Arwens meanderingsstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932550661580632605noreply@blogger.com